Decca

Black and white photographs of The Beatles, including Pete Best, taken by Albert Marrion on Sunday 17 December 1961. Marrion, a local Liverpool photographer, was hired by The Beatles’ new manager, Brian Epstein, to take a few photographs of the band.

On New Year’s Eve 1961 the Beatles went to London and the following day they were auditioned by Decca producer Tony Meehan.
The Beatles’ audition tape that was infamously rejected by a record company boss – because he thought guitar groups were ‘on the way out’ – is now to be auctioned with a pre-sale estimate of £30,000.